What gun do the taliban use?

Answer 1

Well for the most part the Taliban's weapon of choice is theAK-47, some left by the Soviets during the Soviet-Afghan War. Some Soviet weapons were also provided by the US Government (By way of semi Soviet Friendly States like Egypt in secret at the time) and some insurgents were even known to use British Lee Enfeild Rifles that were nearly a century old, but that was before they got they're hands on the Soviets SVD-Dragunov Sniper Rifles). The Soviet RPG-7 is used as an anti-tank weapon, (as well as a few Stinger Rocket Launchers used for ant-air atacks very rarley now though, as they were provided by the US during the Soviet-Afghan War). RPK Machine Guns have also been found in Taliban hideouts. However more recently, newer versions of these soviet weapons (or cheap clone copies of them) have been smuggled in from Iran. Chinese-Soviet clone assault rifles have also been found in the hands of the Taliban. But basically...what they're using for the most part is any old standard Soviet equipment that Eastern Bloc countries used. That and whatever improvised explosives they could make (but IED's are more commonly used in Iraq).

Hope that helps,

-Krys

Actually, they primarily use the akm-a steel pressing version; the ak-47 used a solid piece of steel for the body (lightens the weight by about 1 1/2 kilos), as well as the ak-74-a 5.45 mm derivative. Ever seen an ak with an orange magazine??? There's your ak-74)) Also, don't forget light machine guns like the RPK, DP-46, DPG and RPK-74))

I've seen 7.62x54 PK machine guns(and variants/clones/later models) in the hands of Taliban. Also, they use DShK heavy machine guns and other heavy Soviet heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft guns.

Answer 2

Primarily Chinese clones of Soviet weapons.